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Meanings of hitherto silent in English

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Usage of hitherto silent in English
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And I wonder he has been hitherto silent on that subject.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4
2
The spectators, hitherto silent, now began to hiss and be moved.
Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry / With Minute Details of Her En...
3
It was Beatrice, hitherto silent and apparently unmoved, who leaned across to Travers.
The Native Born; or, the Rajah's People
4
Touched by the discomfort of Dario, Benedetta, hitherto silent, ended by interrupting Pierre.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 3
5
M. de Tregars, who had remained hitherto silent, now stepped forward.
Other People's Money
6
It communicated itself to him, it touched some chords in his nature hitherto silent.
Beyond The Rocks: A Love Story
7
The beautiful figure, hitherto silent, spoke at last: "Thy wish is granted!"
Autobiography of a Yogi
8
In a moment, from all the hitherto silent towers and steeples, the bells clashed out an alarm.
The Young Carpenters of Freiberg / A Tale of the Thirty Years' W...
9
Men, hitherto silent; rally around the flag.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
10
I had sat hitherto silent during the whole scene, meditating how best I might confound the red-nosed harpy.
The Relics of General Chasse: A Tale of Antwerp
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Notes-powers-inhis soul, hitherto silent because none had known how to sound them, rose singing to the surface.
The Centaur
12
It must have, I concluded, since I now began to hear shocking guttural murmurs from that hitherto silent direction.
The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
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The forces of social unrest, hitherto silent in great measure, were becoming vocal and nobody could measure their extent.
The United States Since the Civil War
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At this stage an incident happened which put an end to the hitherto silent advance of the attacking army.
With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia
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The unexpectedness of this sally on the part of the hitherto silent old man caused some laughter among the intruders.
The Idiot
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This was what Lecoq did, and the sight of two well-filled glasses unbound, as by enchantment, the man's hitherto silent tongue.
Monsieur Lecoq, v. 1
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